A huge collection of Staffordshire pottery gathered over four decades by a Borders hotelier is going up for auction. More than 1,000 pieces which belonged to the late ceramics enthusiast Sheila ...

A Staffordshire Police spokesperson said: "We are currently at the Potteries Centre on Town Road, Hanley, following reports of a suspicious package being found inside the shopping centre.

Emergency services were called at 15.30 GMT on Wednesday to The Potteries Centre in Hanley ... and Town Road was closed, Staffordshire Police said. Explosives experts were also on the scene ...

That it happened owes much to the birth of its two most enduring lines - the character figure and the character jug - and the impetus they gave to these great traditions of Staffordshire pottery. The ...

A shoe shop has closed for good - after almost four decades on a High Street. Friary Shoes, in Uttoxeter, shut this week. It has blamed the impending minimum wage rise, increased national ...

Independent clothing shop Utopia Womenswear has opened inside The Potteries Centre. The retailer, which has stores in London and York, has taken on the former Superdry unit next to River Island.

Five of them are in action on the artificial green at Biddulph in the second Thursday of matches in the £4,000 competition’s new ‘Champions League’ format. Andy Armstrong (Ifton) and ...

Stoke-on-Trent's Bethesda Methodist Chapel, which dates back to 1819 and is known as the "Cathedral of the Potteries", is being sold to Re-Form Heritage. The chapel closed for worship in 1985 ...

Tap water is not always safe to consume. So if you live in an area with poor tap water quality (or you simply prefer the taste of filtered water), you'll want to have a filtration system in place.

A pottery firm has announced it is making a number of redundancies at its Stoke-on-Trent site. Portmeirion has not confirmed the number of workers affected, but the GMB Union said there were 18 ...

Whether you're looking to pick up a new hobby or expand your list of 'things to do in London', pottery painting is an ideal way to while away a Saturday afternoon in the capital city. With plenty ...